Permanent Worksite Closures: Extended Mass Layoff Events and Separations in the U.S. by Major Industry Division, 2002–2006

The following table provides the layoffs and job separations in the United States by industry for the years 2002 to 2006. A mass layoff is a separation of 50 or more employees for more than 31 days. Separations indicate the number of employees laid off.

Industry	Layoffs			Separations
Industry	2002	2004	2006	2002	2004	2006
Total, private nonfarm¹	1,155	746	621	298,634	159,867	153,718
Mining	11	4	(²)	1,761	789	(²)
Utilities	(²)	–	–	(²)	–	–
Construction	14	16	18	2,820	2,718	1,377
Manufacturing	575	357	314	116,142	71,013	67,228
Wholesale trade	42	28	21	7,099	4,815	4,265
Retail trade	169	94	81	74,152	24,921	40,784
Transportation and warehousing	71	24	23	25,682	5,423	7,852
Information	52	30	30	10,745	8,282	6,537
Finance and insurance	39	36	34	9,279	8,714	5,510
Real estate and rental and leasing	5	5	3	674	1,299	296
Professional and technical services	24	26	17	6,612	4,136	2,970
Management of companies and enterprises	4	(²)	3	1,150	(²)	367
Administrative and waste services	72	38	24	24,780	9,345	5,226
Educational services	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)	(²)
Health care and social assistance	30	35	16	5,954	7,397	3,109
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4	(²)	3	3,685	(²)	320
Accommodation and food services	17	34	20	3,307	8,410	6,150
Other services, except public administration	17	13	11	3,430	1,868	1,387
Unclassified establishments	5	–	–	896	–	–